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while driving on sat night had a problem with charging on my carlsson, the volt meter on the computer on the dash was showing 13.4/13.5 volts while going down the m1 but suddenly dropped to 11.1/11.3 volts by the time i had reached my destination and the battery light was on very dimmly.
left the car for about 2 hours and then went to drive to work, by this time the reading was 11.0 and on the drive back to work in luton had dropped to about 9.9, when i left work to go home at 3am the reading dropped to 8.5 by the time i got home and i had headlights like candles and the radio had cut out as had all the lights on the dashboard.
when i looked on sunday at the car the alternator was covered in oil which looked like it was leaking from the oil filler kneck
1. would the oil cause the alternator to stop working
2. why ids there an oil leak coming from the oil filler kneck?
i know it had the correct amount of oil in iy as i topped it up sat afternoon
any help would be much appreciated
thanks
mark
left the car for about 2 hours and then went to drive to work, by this time the reading was 11.0 and on the drive back to work in luton had dropped to about 9.9, when i left work to go home at 3am the reading dropped to 8.5 by the time i got home and i had headlights like candles and the radio had cut out as had all the lights on the dashboard.
when i looked on sunday at the car the alternator was covered in oil which looked like it was leaking from the oil filler kneck
1. would the oil cause the alternator to stop working
2. why ids there an oil leak coming from the oil filler kneck?
i know it had the correct amount of oil in iy as i topped it up sat afternoon
any help would be much appreciated
thanks
mark